Fender.



No. 896,351, PATBNTED AUG. 1'8, 11908.

W. J. BIRCHELL'.

FENDER.

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@Vi/tween@ v l PA'I'BNTED AUG. 18, 1908.- W. J. BIRGHELL.

FENDER..

APPLICATION FILED DBG.Z8. 1907.

3 SHEETS-SHEET s.

WILLIAM JAMES BIRCHELL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 18, 190s.

Application filed December 28, 1907. Serial No. 408,377.

To all whom it .may concern.'

Beit known that I, WILLIAM JAMES BIRCH- ELL, a citizen of the United States, .residing atLos Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Fender, of 'which the following is a Specification'. l

The present invention relates to improvements 'in car fenders or pilots, and in one aspect is an improvement on the structure disclosed in the Patent No. 798,593, granted to me on September 5, 1905, but there are features however, not limited to the particu.- l'ar type of structure therein disclosed.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved roller mounting which can be cheaply manufactured, readily assembled, and is applicable to any well known type of car. As is well known, couplers are supplied upon many of the well known types of motor cars, and these cars can be used alone o1' may form part of a train.

Another and very important object of the present invention is to provide a fender, which', when the coupler is not in use, will extend in advance of the same, and thus constitute a guard thereover, said coupler being constructed, however, so that in case the car is coupled to another, the fender can be displaced to permit the coupling to be used without interference.

Several embodiments o1" the invention are disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side4 elevation of the preferred form of construction. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top lan view. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail s'ec. tional view through a portion of the lower fender member. Fig. -is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of construction. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of still another embodiment of the invention. Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view therethrough substantially on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of another form of the fender, and is more particularly an improvement on the structure disclosed inthe to which attention has been called. Fig1 10 is a top plan view of the upper frame bar of this embodiment of the invention. Fig'. 1I is a sectionalview therethrough andthrough the platform to which it is applied. Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of oneof the secformer patent,..

another, the fender sections-can tions of said frame-bar. view 'of the lower frame bar.

Similar referencenumerals designate cor-' responding parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

Referring first closed in Figs. 175 inclusive, the car body, which is tdesignated generally by the reference numeral 14, is supported on trucks, a4

portion of one of which 1s shown and is designated 15, said car body having thev usual platform 16 and'dash 17, the dash being disposed in rear of the front edge of said platform. A coupler 18 of any` suitable construction is located below the platform. v

Curved uppe`r' and lower guides or tracks 19 are secured to the front end of the platform in advance of the dash, Aand have offset guide flanges-20 at theirouter edges. Slid. ably mountedon these tracks or guides 'and movable toward apd'from each other, are fender sections 21. Each of these fender sections comprises upper and, lower frame bars 22 having guideways 23 that receive the flanges 20. The frame bars project beyond the platform and the tracks and have journal bearings 24 in which are rotatably mounted upright shafts 25 low the frame. Each of these shafts has a flange 26 that rests upon the lower frame bar, and thus revents the downward movement of the sha t. A roller section 27 islocated on each shaft between the frame bars, and upper and lower roller sections 28 are located on ythe rojecting ends of the shafts, being heldl 1n p ace by heads 29 formed on the ends of the shafts by upsetting the same. v It will be observed that the end roller sections are preferably enlarged or in the form of knobs. These various roller sections may be covered with cushioning material 80, such as rubber or the like. In order to hold the fender sections in diHerent positions, pins 31 are employed that pass downwardly through ears 32 carried by the frame bars 22. e These pins are arranged to engage in openin s 33 formed in the platform, and tracks 19. With this construction, it will be evidentv that when the car is used alone, the sections of the fender member can be abutted, in whichl ease,'a

continuous.Y roller fender is formed around the front end of the platform in advance of said platform, and in advance ofthe coupler'. If, however, it is desired to cou le'the ear to e separated, thus exposing the eeuplenandrpermitting its Fig.y 13 isa-plan to the embodiment dis- 'i that project above and b'e- 4. In a fender, the combination fwithva car having a coupler located at oneleid thereof, of a fender `mountedon the car and y.corn-l prising relatively movable-frames that" are separately carried by the and Aare ..nor-' l mally held by their connections-with. the carz 1n advance of' the .coupler,fand-rollers naled solely on the .fr

the rollers thereon bein?movableto-posi'. tions to expose the coup er;

5. In a fender, thecombiii-ation-With-a car having -la platform,- offftrac-ks,"q or! guides' mounted onthe :ends versely of the "car, and'affender .comprising .sections slidable I loI1git`udinally' onsaid tracks or guides andmovable thereon trans 6. VIn a fender, .the'combination with acar havingk a traclolf yguide, of a fender com? prising. sections movable longitudinally to- Wardand "fromv each other on said'l track orl guide. v

7, Ina fender, the combination with a car havinga track or guide, of a fendercomprislng frames .longitudinally sldably mounted `on' the tracker guide Aand movable toward and' from each other thereon, .and rollers journaled on said frames.

- 8. In a fender, the ,combination'with acarV -locatiedxbeneath the flower tracksl carried Ines,` said frames- Withl' of the-platformtranshaving a platform, ofujpper and lower tracks carried, thereby transverselythereof, andI fen- 10. -In a fender, the combinationwitha ear having a platform. at one endand-accu' :ler located beneath the platform, of trac latform,

arranged .on the front end'y olv the lframe. bars slid'ably mounted on t e tracks and movable toward and .from eachother, means for holding the framev bars in different positi ons', rollers journaled onthe' frame bars,

a lower frame disposed below' the platform,

and rollers journaled thereon.r

In testimony, thatI claim the foregolng as my own, I have hereto affixed nay-signature in'the'prsence of two Witnesses. v

WILLIAM JAMES' BIRCIIELL. Witnesses:

GEORGE R. FINcH, PRICE WICKLIFFE.' 

